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When the grip of selfishness or egotism wraps around one’s character as tightly as a vine encircles a tree, breaking free becomes a Herculean task. Life unfolds as a series of intricate mazes, filled with hurdles and challenges, where missteps are as common as shadows are during the brightest part of the day.
In the wake of these missteps, most embark on a journey of redemption, sewing patches over their flaws with threads of understanding and growth. Yet, there are those who, like ships anchored too firmly to the ocean floor, refuse to sail towards the shores of acknowledgement. They fear that admitting to their mistakes would shrink them, much like a stream dwindles in the searing heat of summer, oblivious to the fact that it is in the recognition of our faults that we truly expand, much like the horizon at dawn.
In Islamic tradition (See Quran 17:61-63) , when God commanded the angels and Shatan to prostrate before Adam, the angels complied willingly, despite recognizing their superiority to Adam, for they valued essence over appearance. Conversely, Shatan refused, fixated on superficiality rather than internal substance, leading to his disobedience. Just as Shatan failed to comprehend that bowing to Adam was an act of reverence towards God, those ensnared by egotism find escape nearly impossible, as they remain under Shatan’s influence, potentially leading to a destiny aligned with Shatan’s fate in hell.